Year Over for Grasshoppers Kretz
A blow for <Chad Kretz:player#8098> today -- team doctors confirmed he will miss 10-11 months with a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament. <Kretz:player#8098> suffered the injury throwing a pitch. Although officials from the <Delray Beach Grasshoppers:team#66> are confident he'll make a full recovery, doubts will persist about <Kretz:player#8098>'s ability to return fully fit with an injury of this nature.

For the season <Kretz:player#8098> has earned 9 saves, worked 16.2 innings, fanned 12 hitters and recorded a 2.70 ERA. He has held opposing teams to a .145 batting average.